A ceremony to launch the sale of the U.S. Mint’s new Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Collection, coin purchasing and astronaut autograph opportunities is set for January 24 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – A ceremony to launch the sale of the U.S. Mint’s new Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Collection, coin purchasing and astronaut autograph opportunities is set for January 24 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

The Astronauts Memorial Foundation, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will also host the event.

Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 astronaut, will be the keynote speaker at the ceremony.

Following the ceremony, the commemorative coins will be available for purchase at the Information Building at the front entrance of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex or online through the U.S. Mint website.

Those who purchase any coin(s) will receive one commemorative coin booklet. Limited quantities of the commemorative coins will be available for purchase.

Veteran NASA astronauts Dan Brandenstein, Curt Brown, Tom Jones and Bruce Melnick will be available from 1 to 4 p.m. to sign commemorative booklets for those who purchased a coin in the Space Shop.